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Geena Davis Reflects on Working With Ex Jeff Goldblum, Her New Book, More
Geena Davis takes Us back through working with ex Jeff Goldblum, her new book 'The Girl Who's Too Big for the Page' and her influential film roles
20th Century Fox Film Corp. All rights reserved./Courtesy Everett Collection Jeff Goldblum, Davis’ then-boyfriend, recommended her for the campy 1986 sci-fi flick, and playing Veronica Quaife opposite his Seth Brundle was one of the “best times” of her life. Davis quickly “fell in love” with Anne Tyler’s “incredible” 1985 novel about a grieving travel writer ( William Hurt was cast) who forms a connection with her character Muriel, a quirky dog trainer, while reading it out loud to Goldblum during production on The Fly. Davis penned a 2022 memoir, Dying of Politeness, but the mom of three (she shares daughter Alizeh and twin sons Kaiis and Kian with ex-husband Reza Jarrahy) has now written and illustrated her first children’s title.
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